Cal Poly Mathematics

Math 143-04, Calculus III
Fall 2005

Time: MTRF 10-11
Location: Building 38, Room 225

Instructor: Dr. Ben Richert
Office: Building 25, Room 325
Office phone: (75)6-1681
Office hours: M:11-12; T:1-2; R:11-1; F:1-2; and by appointment.
Email: brichert@calpoly.edu
Anonymous Feedback Form: http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/143/feedback04.html

Course description: Having learned about a set of basic tools (limits, differentiation, integration, etc.) in Calculus I and II, we now explore a higher level of techniques, including parameterizations, sequences, series, three-space, and vector functions. As well as being valuable (and interesting!) in their own right, these concepts really set the stage for Calc IV.

Course home page: http://www.calpoly.edu/~brichert/teaching/143/143-04.html, or access via Blackboard.

Text: James Stewart, Calculus, fifth edition, Brooks/Cole Publishing, 2003.

Syllabus: We will be working through chapters 11-14 of Stewart's Calculus in this course.

Prerequisites: Math 142.

Grades: Grades will be based on homework and exams. The homework will count for 25%, each of the two midterms counts for 25%, and the final counts for 25%. In the computation of your grade, the lower of your two midterm scores will be replaced by the score you received on the final, if that will improve your standing.

Reading: Students are expected to read the section of the text to be covered on a given day before the lecture.

Homework: Homework will be due twice a week—those problems assigned Monday and Tuesday will be due on Friday, while those assigned Thursday and Friday will be due the following Tuesday. Your lowest homework score will be dropped and therefore no late homework will be accepted. Each homework assignment will be worth 10 points, determined as follows. First, a single problem will be chosen and graded on a scale of 0 to 5. The other 5 points are all or nothing. If all of the problems
assigned are completed, you will get five points. If you have not completed all of the problems you get zero.

Exams: There will be two in-class exams and one cumulative final. Exam 1 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 18. Exam 2 is scheduled for Thursday, November 17. The cumulative final will be held from 10-1 on Tuesday, December 6.